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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014
LOG SHEET #2

SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 
AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET

LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: BEN CAPISTRANO/RACHEL CRICHTON
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM:CPCH20
FILE NAME: 0115
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: CFCH22
FILE NAME:
PRESENTER: Kathryn Conney Ali
DATE/TIME: 6/28
PROGRAM: [[strikethrough]] CRAFTS THRU [[/strikethrough]] KENYA Mambo Poa
STAGE: BOMA
GROUP NAME: CRAFTS THROUGH PAST & PRESENT
REGION/STYLE:

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Ahmed Yusuf Subimin | Plaster worker |
| Ali Iskander/Abdala | Dhow Carpenter/wood carver |
| Muhamad Ali | Cultural historian- Nat. Museum of Kenya |

CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back)
1. Islam - Zwahili- functional art/craft - only ornamental
2. Ali- 6 years old - vacations visiting dad's workshop-
3. -12 years old - started to use tools- carving, joinery
4. 
5. - secondary school - build own canal-
6. after school- build own workshop
7. Lamil- northeastern Kenya- archipelago of 3 islands - 
8. - travel by sea - so building canals- for transport
Ahmed- 1997-99- training in plaster carving - 
- Few Zwahili youth want to learn the crafts - they are endangered - trying to revitalize the part in the present